Samantha Blaisdell

Experience

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  Háskóli Íslands

  Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  Research Fellow

  • Performed heat transfer analysis and field-tested thermoelectric power system• Cultivated a garden in Hveragerði, Iceland, using geothermal heated ground agriculture

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  The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Research Fellow

  Signal Processing, Communications & Computer Engineering Group (S*PROCOM²)• Implemented machine learning algorithms for classification of tree species from hyperspectral data• Studied subband signal processing and wavelet-based techniques for image denoising• Analyzed methods used for object recognition delineation in ultrasound images

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  University of Southern California

  Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  NSF REU Research Fellow

  Autonomous Networks Research Group - https://anrg.usc.edu/www/• Developed a learning-based mobile sensing policy for Markovian user state estimation given subsampled time series data

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  Southwest Research Institute

  Aug 2012 - Jan 2022

  Intelligent Transportation Systems — software development, systems engineering, and project management for ITS R&D projects• Connected vehicles and infrastructure• Advanced traffic management systems• Transportation data exchange systemsIntelligent Energy Inspection Technologies• Developed autonomous oil & gas leak detection technologies using machine learning and multi-platform remote optical sensing ➣ Smart LEak Detection (SLED) for liquid hydrocarbons, recipient of an R&D100 award in 2017 and a US Patent in 2020 ➣ SLED/M for the detection and quantification of fugitive methane emissions ➣ Fused visible and SAR satellite imagery to improve detection and tracking of marine oil spills• Developed signal processing algorithms for time domain reflectometry-based high impedance fault detection and localization in power distribution systemsHigh Reliability Systems• Member of flight software development teams for the National Aeronautics Space Agency's (NASA) Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission and the Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) for the European Space Agency's (ESA) Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE)• Developed deep learning-based automated data compression and analysis algorithms onboard a mass spectrometer for planetary exploration Show less

  • Assistant Program Manager R&D

    Sept 2020 - Jan 2022

  • Research Engineer

    Sept 2014 - Sept 2020

  • Engineer

    Aug 2012 - Sept 2014
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  MINDHOP, Inc.

  Mar 2022 - now

  Product Manager

  Responsible for product strategy and marketing, business development, and solution delivery